Georgia Tech Robotics News
Technology Review Names Tech Professor Top Innovator
Andrea Thomaz, an assistant professor in interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35.
Teaching Young Artists to Design Robots
Carl DiSalvo and Jonathan Lukens at Georgia Tech are working with Youth Art Connection and the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta to teach middle school and high school students interested in the arts and humanities how they can use their skills to create innovative uses of technology, not just build the technology.
Robotics Team Receives National Accolades
A robotics team from Georgia Tech-Savannah received a design award during the recent Marine Advanced Technology Education Center’s (MATE) 2009 International Student Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Competition.
Study Reveals Sandfish Tucks Legs to Slither Like Snake Through Sand
In the first thorough examination of subsurface sandfish locomotion, researchers found that the small lizards place their limbs against their sides and create a wave motion like snakes to propel themselves through granular media.
Clinical Trial Shows That Quadriplegics Can Use Tongue Drive System
An assistive technology that enables individuals to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries, according to the results of a recently completed clinical trial.
